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Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic comes to iOS and Android
Remember the golden age of roleplaying? Descending to the Stygian Abyss for the first time? Looking into the gazing eye of the very first Beholder you have encountered? Listening to the tales of bards or diving into the pools of radiance? After thousands of PC gamers...
A Druids Duel Launches on Steam
Surprise Attack Games and ThoughtShelter Games are pleased to announce that A Druid's Duel is now available on Steam for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. To understand A Druid's Duel, take a board game like Chess, where each piece has a set of rules that govern it. Then,...
League of Angels Fire Raiders coming to iOS and Android
GTArcade is excited to announce that League of Angels is coming soon to mobile devices! League of Angels Fire Raiders, the sequel to the immensely popular web-based MMORPG League of Angels, is a strategic MMO card game that sets out to change the way mobile games are...
Gearbox Announces the Launch of Homeworld Remastered
More than 15 years after its original release, the legendary space strategy series Homeworld arrives on modern systems with high-definition graphics today, as Gearbox Software launched Homeworld Remastered Collection for PC on Steam for $34.99. Homeworld Remastered...
Curse Voice goes into beta
Curse Inc., a leading video game media and technology company, has announced the next generation in gaming communication with Curse Voice. Curse Voice is a free-to-use, Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) software developed by Curse engineers to make gaming...
Slender The Arrival coming to PS4 and Xone
Independent game design team Blue Isle Studios announced today that the survival horror Slender: The Arrival is coming on March 24 to PlayStation 4 and on March 25 to Xbox One, via the ID@Xbox self-publishing program. The official video game adaptation of the internet...
Dragon Quest Heroes announced for EU and US
Ahead of its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 system launch in Japan this week, Square Enix Ltd., today announced its exhilarating action-based role-playing game Dragon Quest Heroes will be coming to Europe and the US and PAL territories in 2015 exclusively for the...
Steam and GOG team up for Alien Classic
Independent UK developer Rebellion has announced the launch of Cross-play online multiplayer update for its acclaimed sci-fi FPS, Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000. For the first time in history, Marines, Aliens and Predators across the globe will be able to do...
Arkham Knight Gotham is mine
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today released the latest video from Batman: Arkham Knight. The Official Batman: Arkham Knight Trailer – “Gotham is Mine” features a closer look at some of the story’s most infamous super-villains. As...
We Built This City on Mods n Soul
Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order, visionary builders of digital gaming skyscrapers, have today released their latest video developer diary for Cities: Skylines, the city simulation game for PC, Mac and Linux releasing on March 10th. Exploring the rich variety of...
Tormentum Dark Sorrow Trailer
Come March 2015, dark clouds will gather around Steam with the Tormentum première. The new trailer was released today. This dark point-and-click adventure game, inspired by the works of H. R. Giger, among others, launches on March 4. At the heart of the game, you will...
Trivial Pursuit live
Today, Hasbro, Inc. and Ubisoft announced that Trivial Pursuit Live! – a console game based on the world-famous trivia board game is now available. The Trivial Pursuit Live! console game can be downloaded through the Hasbro Game Channel, or on Xbox Live for the Xbox...
Killing Floor: Uncovered Trailer
Killing Floor: Uncovered is an origin story, set a few years before the events in the original Killing Floor game. In the movie, fans will learn a bit more about the evil Horzine Biotech corporation and some of its earlier genetic experimentation. Viewers will also...
Nintendo cancels TVii in Europe
It looks like Nintendo is not bringing the TVii service to Europe. The company released a press release today stating that the service is not being launched in Europe due to 'the extremely complex nature of localising multiple television services across a diverse...
Edge of Eternity has arrived on Kickstarter
The French indie studio Midgar Studio looks for gamers support by launching a crowdfunding campaign for its JRPG project, both a tribute to the genre and a modern vision of it. After one year in development, Edge of Eternity is launched today in the crowdfunding...
Raptor Call of the Shadow 2015 now on Steam
DotEmu, a developer and publisher specializing in modern releases of beloved retro games, is proud to announce the release of Raptor: Call of the Shadows – 2015 Edition on Steam. Originally released on MS-DOS in 1994, this 2D vertical shoot’em up remains today a...
Underworld Ascendant signs Thief voice actor
OtherSide Entertainment has announced that it has signed respected voice actor Stephen L. Russell to provide currently unspecified character work for Underworld Ascendant. Russell is perhaps best known as the voice of Garrett in the original Thief games. "At...
Axis teases Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
CGI Studio, Axis and Director Stephen Donnelly proudly announce their participation in the creation of the new trailer for ArenaNet’s massively multiplayer online role playing game “Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns”. The fastest-selling Western MMO in history and one of...
World of Tanks Generals Closed Beta
Wargaming announced today that the World of Tanks Generals Closed Beta Test is open to applications, inviting players to try out this new online collectible card game. During the test, World of Tanks Generals will be available through web browsers, with versions for...
Nintendo Friday
While Friday the 13th is considered by many to be a day shrouded in superstition and misfortune, Nintendo is aiming to overturn this notion and bring good fortune to European handheld gaming fans this coming Friday, #Nintendo3DSDay, with a slew of new hardware and...
Wargaming official sponsor Band of Brothers Reunion
Wargaming is proud to announce that it is the official sponsor of the 2015 Band of Brothers Actors Reunion, June 5–7. The non-profit World War II Foundation has announced that Wargaming will be the official title sponsor for the Band of Brothers Actors Reunion. The...
Evolve gets a 3gb update
Tomorrow, Evolve, the new game by Turtle Rock studios, will be released for PC, Xbox One and PS4 gamers around the world. After the open beta weekend in January, the development team has been optimising, tweaking and fixing lots of parts of the game and they just...
Mortal Kombat X: Next Trailer
Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios released the latest video for Mortal Kombat X, which gives fans an overview of the numerous features that they can experience in the upcoming Mortal Kombat game. Additionally, viewers will get a...
Techland Invites Gamers for Dying Light
The release of Dying Light has already been met an amazing positive response from gamers around the globe. In their excitement, many PC players have already been creating mods that alter and revamp the game. At Techland, they want to see more! As a sandbox game, Dying...